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  Avenue Q - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Avenue Q was nominated for 6 Tony Awards for the 2003 Broadway season.
One of the exceptions is Avenue Q; the street between Avenue P and Avenue R is known as Quentin Road, named for the youngest son of President Theodore Roosevelt.
The Q subway train, whose symbol used to be a Q in an orange circle resembling the Avenue Q logo, travels through this neighborhood, and the Kings Highway station is almost on Quentin Road.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Avenue_Q   (5211 words)

  
 Talkin' Broadway Review: Avenue Q
(AVENUE Q does employ puppets, however it is not suitable for young children.) Children under 4 are not permitted in the theatre.
Avenue Q would have its audiences believe that moving from one stage of life to another is never easy, though its transfer from the 120-seat Vineyard Theatre to Broadway's 805-seat Golden Theatre certainly seems to have come off without a hitch.
Avenue Q, if not better than those shows, is equally as capable of provoking laughs and tugging at the heartstrings, and its embracing of the current parodic mindset allows it to be more easily accessible and audience friendly.
www.talkinbroadway.com /world/AveQ.html   (895 words)

  
 Avenue Q Tickets at StubHub!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Avenue Q is an award-winning work of art that has been playing for nearly three years.
Theater tickets to Avenue Q are available now, as the show continues to run for the time being.
Avenue Q tickets are a chance to see a play that's based loosely on Sesame Street.
www.stubhub.com /avenue-q-tickets   (456 words)

  
 Avenue Q on Broadway
AVENUE Q is the story of Princeton, a bright-eyed college grad who comes to New York City with big dreams and a tiny bank account.
It may not be appropriate for young children because AVENUE Q addresses issues like sex, drinking, and surfing the web for porn.
It's hard to say what exact age is right to see AVENUE Q - parents should use their discretion based on the maturity level of their children.
www.avenueq.com /about.html   (228 words)

  
 Show Business Weekly: Review: Avenue Q   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Somewhere in between "Sesame Street" and "Sex and the City," there is Avenue Q, a new musical that tells the satirical tale of college graduates in a large, cruel city.
Avenue Q, however, is out to prove the opposite; like it or not, unless you have bags full of money, you are no different or better than anyone else.
Avenue Q is mainly the story of Princeton, who begins the show in a graduation cap and gown and ponders, "What can you do with a B.A. in English." As he soon learns, not much.
www.showbusinessweekly.com /archive/238/avenueQ.shtml   (572 words)

  
 Vegas4Visitors Shows - Avenue Q   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
I’ve struggled with a succinct way of summing up Avenue Q, the Tony-Award winning musical now playing at Wynn Las Vegas and what I’ve arrived at is this: It’s Rent meets Melrose Place meets Sesame Street.
Avenue Q is a bright, fizzy musical concoction that somehow manages to be more emotionally involving than most shows featuring real, live people.
While sophisticated teenagers will probably love and appreciate it, Avenue Q is filled with adult humor, language, and situations that will leave youngsters unable to look at Big Bird quite the same way again.
www.vegas4visitors.com /shows/detail/avenueq.htm   (456 words)

  
 The Movable Buffet: Avenue Q
In a statement sent out last night, Steve Wynn in part said: "Giving up the delights of Avenue Q was a very difficult, but necessary choice in view of all of the relevant factors." Despite its recent abridged length, it seems "Q" was not filling its theatre at Wynn.
This, of course, would put Avenue Q right around the 90 minutes of soon to be competitors 'Hairspray' and 'Phantom of the Opera' though McCollum denies that the 90 minute mark was the goal.
For example, "Avenue Q" in Vegas retains everything about the original Broadway show from its full length to the 15 minute intermission (something unheard of in Las Vegas).
vegasblog.latimes.com /vegas/avenue_q/index.html   (937 words)

  
 AvenueQ, a CurtainUp review
Avenue Q is Sesame Street meets The Simpsons with a touch of Sex and the City: Five!
Avenue Q tackles what some have termed the "quarter-life crisis", that period of fear and self-doubt that afflicts twenty-somethings after college.
Avenue Q has all the earmarks of a hit; the Golden, while small, is just the right size for this show, and the production values are apparently a step up from the Vineyard.
www.curtainup.com /avenueq.html   (1326 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Avenue Q: Music: The Original Broadway Cast   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Avenue Q will only fuel the frustration of those who think that Broadway has given up on sophisticated entertainment geared to adults.
Avenue Q is one of the better shows that is currently running on Broadway.
Avenue Q is something different and very surprising to those expectiong some kind of cutesy puppet show.
www.amazon.ca /Avenue-Q-Original-Broadway-Cast/dp/B0000BZK1R   (1482 words)

  
 reviewjournal.com -- News - 'Avenue Q ' to end run
Closing "Q" makes it possible to "accomplish this architectural goal without having to invade our golf course real estate," casino chairman Steve Wynn said in a statement released Tuesday evening.
"Giving up the delights of 'Avenue Q' was a very difficult, but necessary choice in view of all of the relevant factors," Wynn said.
The 1,200-seat theater hosting "Avenue Q" has a universal design, but the lobby area will be heavily remodeled to add thematic decorations such as a drawbridge.
www.reviewjournal.com /lvrj_home/2006/Feb-15-Wed-2006/news/5898054.html   (317 words)

  
 Avenue Q - Theater Profile and Schedule - New York Magazine
Avenue Q is a puppet musical that takes off from, saucily spoofs, and cheekily de-kidifies Sesame Street.
Several Sesame characters’ caricatures populate the godforsaken Avenue Q where the play and some of the characters are laid.
Princeton laments in song the uselessness of his just-acquired B.A. in English: Every apartment from Avenue A to P costing too much, he rents on Q, from the super, a young fl woman with attitude who turns out to be Gary Coleman.
www.newyorkmetro.com /listings/theater/avenue_q/index.html   (281 words)

  
 Rick Lyon -- Avenue Q
I created all of the puppets for AVENUE Q, and I am also a member of the original cast, originating the roles of Nicky, Trekkie Monster, and other characters.
AVENUE Q is a fresh new musical about growing up and embracing life, that features a multicultural cast of human and puppet characters.
AVENUE Q is a sharp, witty live musical strictly for adults, and it's one of the only completely original new musicals you'll find on Broadway.
www.lyonpuppets.com /avenueq.html   (211 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Arts | Arts features | When puppets go bad
These are the stars of puppet show Avenue Q, a satire inspired by children's TV that has enjoyed a phenomenal rise from the New York fringe to Broadway, and now - a Tony award later - opens in London's West End.
There's something very familiar about Avenue Q. This neighbourhood of crumbly tenement buildings is populated by brightly coloured, squeaky-voiced characters who all seem to have something to teach each other.
In Avenue Q, life is a little more complicated than the children's show ever let on.
arts.guardian.co.uk /features/story/0,,1796199,00.html   (1248 words)

  
 ‘Avenue Q:’ More Singing Puppet Surprises - Newsweek Entertainment - MSNBC.com
VOTE Q.  The content of the musical doesn't shy away from controversy either, dealing frankly with issues from race to pornography (with songs like “The Internet Is for Porn'” and “You Can Be as Loud as the Hell You Want (When You're Makin' Love)").
I’ve always been very interested in “unconventional” storytelling and “Avenue Q” is a very unique and special piece of theater that represents everything I care about.
How did you first got involved in producing Avenue Q? One of my coproducers, Robyn Goodman, had heard a couple of the songs by Jeff [Marx] and Bobby [Lopez] for what they thought would be a TV show.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5191150/site/newsweek   (1452 words)

  
 Steve Wynn on ‘Avenue Q’'s Early Closing - Newsweek Entertainment - MSNBC.com
‘Avenue Q’ was supposed to represent a new era of Broadway theater in Las Vegas.
But it would only cost $10 million to renovate the “Avenue Q” theater to make it ready for “Spamalot” and put the convention space there, where it would be contiguous with the rest.
“Avenue Q” has been making money for the past four or five months, but it's hovering in its attendance at a level that doesn't approach making the kind of money that I could save by not building the second theater.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/11391812/site/newsweek   (650 words)

  
 Avenue Q   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Avenue Q is a new musical by Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx, and Jeff Whitty.
Adding to the wit and irreverence of Avenue Q is the musical's sly spin on contemporary children's programming, with a cast comprised of both puppets and real actors."
Avenue Q originally played off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre from March 19 - May 11, 2003.
www.nytheatre.com /nytheatre/avenueq107.shtml   (183 words)

  
 Avenue Q Tickets - Avenue Q Theater Tour Schedule Show Tickets Broker
The producers of Avenue Q speak of a "charming yet rundown outer-borough neighborhood" (we might call it Brooklyn), where residents deal with the usual challenges of living in New York City.
But most adults in their mid-20s or early 30s will easily be able to relate to the challenges faced by the characters, and may even leave the theater with a greater sense of serenity and understanding than when they walked in.
That's the true magic of Avenue Q: like the program it spoofs, it has important messages to share, and presents lessons from which everyone will be able to take something.
www.ticketspecialists.com /theater/avenue_q_tickets.htm   (708 words)

  
 CBC.ca Arts - 'Spamalot' to replace 'Avenue Q' in Las Vegas
Avenue Q, a surprise best musical winner at the 2004 Tony Awards, will be replaced by Monty Python's Spamalot, which won the same title in 2005.
"By releasing the producers of Avenue Q from their exclusive non-touring agreement, we were able to accomplish this architectural goal without having to invade our golf course real estate.
Avenue Q tells the R-rated tale of a group of young people living in New York.
www.cbc.ca /arts/story/2006/02/17/avenue-q-vegas.html   (1242 words)

  
 Avenue Q
This is the hilarious show features a cast of live actors and puppets and tells the story of Princeton, a young bright-eyed college graduate who moves to New York City with big dreams as well as a tiny bank account.
The only neighborhood he can afford to live is is Avenue Q. Here he meets many unique people and they all struggle together to find jobs, dates, and understand their overall purpose in life.
Avenue Q is the only place you can afford to live when your out straight out of college or even out of a job.
www.vacationsmadeeasy.com /NewYorkNY/activity/AvenueQ.cfm   (315 words)

  
 Talkin' Broadway Off-Broadway - Avenue Q - 3/19/03
While Avenue Q is chock full of good comic ideas, it's neither tight nor funny enough to sustain a running time of two hours; indeed, it feels that director Jason Moore could have cut at least fifteen minutes from the show, possibly just through the unnecessary verses of songs that serve to dilute the humor.
By the time Avenue Q is finished, don't be surprised if you find you've fallen as in love with the soul-searching Princeton (Tartaglia), the big-dreaming fish-out-of-water Kate Monster (D'Abruzzo), the sexually-frustrated Rod (Tartaglia), his roommate Nicky (voiced by Lyon), or the Bad Idea Bears (Lyon and Barnhart) as you may have with the Muppets.
Anna Louizos's sets are at once recognizable and full of surprises, a theater of endless variation for both humans and puppets, and establish the atmosphere for Avenue Q with an indelible flair.
www.talkinbroadway.com /ob/03_19_03.html   (740 words)

  
 Playbill News: Bush and Kerry (Puppets) Battle on Broadway at Times Square Avenue Q Debate
Avenue Q's Rod (center) with puppet politicians John Kerry and George Bush.
The free political dialogue held Sept. 30 at 1 PM (a precursor to the actual debates later this evening) was open to the public and offered free popcorn, cotton candy.
Avenue Q plays at the Golden Theatre, 252 West 45 Street.
www.playbill.com /news/article/88733.html   (641 words)

  
 Style Weekly : Richmond's alternative for news, arts, culture and opinion
Likewise, “Q” would be nothing but clever puppets talking dirty without its bittersweet story of idealism struggling against the crush of modern life.
The majority of the characters in “Q” are puppets and their puppeteers operate them in full view onstage, adding a weird but ultimately fascinating dissonance to the action.
When “Avenue Q” beat out the lavish and expensive “Wicked”; for the Best Musical Tony Award last week, some papers called it “one of the biggest upsets in years.” But, to me, it seemed like an overdue recognition of substance over style.
www.styleweekly.com /article.asp?idarticle=8592   (294 words)

  
 Playbill Listing Detail: Avenue Q @ John Golden Theatre
Original Avenue Q Star to Return to Broadway Cast in May
Avenue Q Cast Sings on Dec. 18 "Breakfast with the Arts"
The place is New York City, and the street is Avenue Q, the only address you can afford when you're fresh out of college, or out of a job, or just trying to find your way in life.
www.playbill.com /events/event_detail/1985.html   (448 words)

  
 Avenue Q Tickets - Avenue Q Broadway Tickets - Great Source for Avenue Q Theatre Tickets!
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 Amazon.co.uk: Lopez - Avenue Q: Music: Original Broadway Cast Recording   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Avenue Q: The Musical-Piano Vocal Selections by Robert Lopez
Thankfully after years of waiting, Avenue Q will finally be coming to the UK!
He comes to stay on Avenue Q and makes friends with other people in his building.
www.amazon.co.uk /Lopez-Original-Broadway-Cast-Recording/dp/B0000BZK1R   (1058 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Avenue Q (2003 Original Broadway Cast): Music: Jeff Marx,Robert Lopez,John Tartaglia,Stephanie ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Avenue Q - The Musical (Piano/Vocal arrangement) by Robert Lopez
Yes, the new musical, "Avenue Q" looks like an episode of "Sesame Street," but be forewarned parents, the "Parental Advisory Warning" isn't there for no reason.
Avenue Q (2003 Original Broadway Cast) ~ Jeff Marx
www.amazon.com /Avenue-2003-Original-Broadway-Cast/dp/B0000BZK1R   (1437 words)

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